Elizabeth Colbert Busch attacks Mark Sanford in slugfest — CHARLESTON, S.C. - So much for the frontrunner playing it safe. — Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch took the fight to embattled Republican Mark Sanford in a raucous debate here Monday night, at one point tagging the former governor …

GOP presses its agenda on ‘mommy blog’ sites — WASHINGTON — House Republicans are targeting popular “mommy blog” websites in a digital ad campaign beginning Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to repair the GOP's image with certain voting blocs — in this case swing female voters …

Obama's budget puts House Democrats in bind — Democrats have used a clear and potent attack against Republicans in recent elections: Don't vote for them because they'll cut your Social Security and Medicare. — But using that playbook next year, as Democrats had planned, just got a lot more complicated.

Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits — By: — The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald has learned.

Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur — In 2007, Republicans waged culture war on undocumented immigrants — and they've been paying for it at the ballot box ever since. Back in the bunker. — Minutemen demonstrate in Los Angeles in May 2007. — For the Republicans in Washington …

Class Warfare for Republicans — As a Truman-style Democrat left politically homeless, I am often asked about the future of the Republican Party. Some Republicans want to push racial buttons on issues like immigration, or try to stop their political slide on gay marriage …

Don't be a jerk, Sen. Cruz. — It is a shopworn technique of hard-line conservatives to declare themselves men and women of principle in contrast to those other Republicans — the ones, you know, who pass legislation and try to represent their constituents.

How Newt Gingrich Won 2012 — Newt is back. His book business has been revitalized, he's throwing himself onto the speaking circuit, and he's a once and possibly future regular talking head on television. — Well into his fourth decade in American politics — and almost a year …

American Jihadi In Somalia Is Still Alive — After a tense standoff with his former allies on Monday, Omar Hammami is tweeting again. A fatwa may have saved him. — Via: Farah Abdi Warsameh, File / AP — WASHINGTON — Omar Hammami, the Alabama-born jihadi in Somalia …

Radioactive Water Imperils Fukushima Plant — TOKYO — Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world's second worst nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive wastewater that workers are struggling to contain.

Former Senator at Odds With Protégé on Immigration — WASHINGTON — Jim DeMint helped make Marco Rubio a Senate star — and he could be forgiven for regretting it. — Mr. DeMint, a former Republican senator from South Carolina, endorsed Mr. Rubio early on in his 2010 Senate bid …

Jobless After Scandal, Weiner Triumphs in Corporate World — Anthony D. Weiner has demystified the details of the 906-page Affordable Care Act for an electronic medical records company. — He has counseled a biofuel firm about expansion into the emerging markets of Latin America and Africa.

Female DNA Found on Bomb in Boston Attack — Investigators have found female DNA on at least one of the bombs used in the Boston Marathon attacks, though they haven't determined whose DNA it is or whether that means a woman helped the two suspects carry out the attacks, according to U.S. officials briefed on the probe.

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